ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,004, issued on July 28, was assigned to Zoll Circulation Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Systems, devices and garments for surface temperature therapy of a patient" was invented by Jeremy Thomas Dabrowiak (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conformable garment or device, for example, for performing heat exchange with a patient, includes one or more tubes. At least one of the one or more tubes has a lumen configured to receive fluid for flowing through the lumen of that tube to heat or cool the tube. The one or more tubes may be coupled to form a conformable fabric or material, such that the conformable fabric or material ...